This region was formerly the site of a kingdom called Egrisi and later called Lazica after the Laz tribe, and a later kingdom established at this place was led by the Anosid Dynasty. This region is the site of the Voronya Cave system, and this site of the Kodori valley is separated from the province of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti by the Inguri River. One conflict in this region saw battles at Gagra and Eshera and saw the participation of separatist Shamil Basayev. This region was the site of a short lived civil war involving the CMPC, which came to an end with an agreement signed in nearby Sochi between Eduard Shevardnadze and Vladimir Putin. For 10 points, identify this territory with capital Sukhumi on the Black Sea, which like Ajaria and South Ossetia is an autonomous republic within Georgia.
This region was formerly the site of a kingdom called Egrisi and later called Lazica after the Laz tribe, and a later kingdom established at this place was led by the Anosid Dynasty. This region is the site of the Voronya Cave system, and this site of the Kodori valley is separated from the province of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti by the Inguri River. One conflict in this region saw battles at Gagra and Eshera and saw the participation of separatist Shamil Basayev. This region was the site of a short lived civil war involving the CMPC, which came to an end with an agreement signed in nearby Sochi between Eduard Shevardnadze and Vladimir Putin. For 10 points, identify this territory with capital Sukhumi on the Black Sea, which like Ajaria and South Ossetia is an autonomous republic within Georgia.
This region was formerly the site of a kingdom called Egrisi and later called Lazica after the Laz tribe, and a later kingdom established at this place was led by the Anosid Dynasty.
{Abkhazia}